2. Once upon a time there lived a farmer and his wife.
They had a new born son.
The farmer's wife wanted to have a pet animal
to protect the child which would also be a
companion to the child.
They debated and decided upon a mongoose
The Farmer and Mongoose
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3. So they brought a mongoose and started
rearing it. A couple of months later, one
day the farmer and his wife wanted to go
out of the house leaving the child at
home.
The farmer thought that the mongoose
would take care of the child while they
were away
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4. So they left the mongoose and the child at
home and went out.
The farmer's wife returned earlier
and on returning home found that
the mouth of the mongoose
was stained with blood.
And she immediately inferred that the
mongoose had killed the child.
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5. In anger she threw a box on the mongoose
and the mongoose was hurt badly.
She then rushed inside to see what happened
to the child.
She was surprised to find a dead snake lying in
the room.
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6. She could infer that that the mongoose had
saved the child's life by killing the snake.
Realizing the mistake she went out of the
room only to find the mongoose dead on the
floor.
She cried out load at her hasty action.
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